Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 03, 2024 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A10559
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SANTABARBARA
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-A10559 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A10559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10559 I N A S S E M B L Y June 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Santabar- bara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the executive law, in relation to enacting the "child survivor privacy act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child survivor privacy act". § 2. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new article 66 to read as follows: ARTICLE 66 PROTECTIONS FOR CHILD VICTIMS AND CHILD WITNESSES SECTION 66.00 PROTECTIONS FOR CHILD VICTIMS AND CHILD WITNESSES. § 66.00 PROTECTIONS FOR CHILD VICTIMS AND CHILD WITNESSES. 1. THE RECORDS OF ANY PROCEEDING IN THE CRIMINAL COURT INVOLVING A CHILD VICTIM AND/OR CHILD WITNESS SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO INDISCRIMINATE PUBLIC INSPECTION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE COURT IN ITS DISCRETION IN ANY CASE MAY PERMIT THE INSPECTION OF ANY PAPERS OR RECORDS. ANY DULY AUTHORIZED AGENCY, ASSOCIATION, SOCIETY OR INSTITUTION TO WHICH A CHILD IS COMMITTED MAY CAUSE AN INSPECTION OF THE RECORD OF INVESTIGATION TO BE HAD AND MAY IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT OBTAIN A COPY OF THE WHOLE OR PART OF SUCH RECORD. 2. ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDING WHERE THE VICTIM IS A CHILD SHALL BE A CLOSED PROCEEDING UPON REQUEST MADE BY THE CHILD VICTIM AND/OR SUCH CHILD VICTIM'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR ADVOCATE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CLOSED PROCEEDING" MEANS THAT COURT RECORDS MAY NOT BE PERUSED, EXAMINED, DISCLOSED, TAKEN OR COPIED BY ANY OTHER PERSON THAN A PARTY, THE ATTORNEY OR COUNSEL OF A PARTY, THE GUARDIAN, THE COURT EVAL- UATOR OR THE COURT EXAMINER EXCEPT BY ORDER OF THE COURT. 3. THE IDENTITY OF THE CHILD VICTIM SHALL BE MADE ANONYMOUS THROUGHOUT THE PROCEEDING UNLESS A REQUEST IS MADE TO IDENTIFY THE CHILD VICTIM. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE BY THE CHILD VICTIM, AND/OR SUCH CHILD VICTIM'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR ADVOCATE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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